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Community Support Worker

Category: Charity & Voluntary jobs

Job Description

2Pi-Jobs is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Job Responsibilities

  • Providing practical and emotional support (telephone calls, welfare checks, shopping etc) and guidance to service users
  • Providing Personal Care to service users.
  • Promote the health and safety of service users though checking and monitoring, and contributing to the Risk Assessment process. Be aware of the work of the Health and Safety Group. Be familiar with all emergency procedures and put these into effect promptly, whilst respecting their individual dignity, choice and rights.
  • Liaising with health, housing and other professionals to ensure that the needs of the service user are consistently met.
  • Support service users to develop or maintain social contacts and activities and to meet emotional needs.
  • Assess service users needs, complete and follow a support plan for the individual.  
  • Supporting service users in the weeks after hospital discharge or to prevent readmission. 
  • Taking someone to a hospital appointment that they otherwise couldn’t get to or be picking up prescriptions and shopping.

Skills

  • Have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately we can not offer sponsorship for this role.
  • Knowledgeable of services provided by the NHS and Social Care.
  • Be able to make things great. You know how to improve service quality for the benefit of users.
  • Be professional. You can deal with queries in a diplomatic and confidential manner.
  • Be Flexible. Working hours out with the norm suits you.

Salary

  • Negotiable

Additional Salary Info

  • Salary: £22,932 per annum pro rata
  • Hours: 30 per week
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Registration with the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC) required within 3 months of starting the role

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BRC - British Red Cross

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Job Summary

  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Location: United Kingdom
  • Employment Type: Permanent
  • Experience: 0 to 1 Year
  • Vacancy: Not Specific
  • Gender: Any
  • Published on:September 4, 2025
  • Application Deadline: October 31, 2025
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About the Company

  • Company Name: BRC - British Red Cross
  • Website: https://www.redcross.org.uk/
  • The British Red Cross (BRC) is the UK branch of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It a volunteer-led humanitarian organization that provides support to people in crisis, both in the UK and internationally, without discrimination. The BRCwork focuses on connecting human kindness with human crisis, helping people prepare for, cope with, and recover from emergencies


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